This article is about the Governor of the Bank of England. For his son, diarist and dandy, see Thomas Raikes (dandy). For the English cricketer, see Thomas Raikes (cricketer).
Thomas Raikes
Born
28 March 1741
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Died
29 December 1813(1813-12-29) (aged 72)
Stanwell House, Middlesex
Occupation(s)
Businessman Banker Newspaper owner
Spouse
Charlotte Finch
(m. 1774)
Children
9
Relatives
Henry Raikes (son) Thomas Raikes (son) Robert Raikes (brother) William Raikes (brother)
Thomas Raikes ("the Elder") (28 March 1741 – 29 December 1813) was a British merchant particularly trading from London with Russia,[1] a banker and newspaper proprietor. Notably, he was Governor of the Bank of England during the 1797 currency crisis, when the Bank was prohibited by the British Government from paying out in gold.
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out in gold. Raikes was born at Gloucester in 1741, third son of Robert Raikes the Elder and Mary Drew. His brothers included Robert Raikes, the founder...
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novel in English by a woman.[citation needed] Raikes was born in London, the daughter of ThomasRaikes the Younger and Sophia Maria Bayly. Her father...
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time the notorious lover of Lady Oxford (according to the journal of ThomasRaikes), and afterwards travelled in France and Switzerland. He was in Paris...
citizens include Robert Raikes (founder of the Sunday School movement) who is still commemorated by the name of Robert Raikes' House in Southgate Street...
University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-3061-7. Raikes, Thomas (1856). A Portion of the Journal Kept by ThomasRaikes, Esq. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans...
Cheshire, Raikes was the grandson of Reverend Henry Raikes, Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester, and the great-grandson of ThomasRaikes, a merchant...
Anne Raikes, was the daughter of William Raikes and granddaughter of Robert Raikes, printer and newspaper proprietor. Her uncles included ThomasRaikes, Governor...
Europeans cricket team and Bombay. Raikes was born at Carleton Forehoe in Norfolk in November 1863 to the Reverend Francis Raikes and his wife, Martha Barkley...
everywhere. According to the dandy ThomasRaikes, his "ambition was to imitate the groom in dress and in language". Raikes reports: "I once heard him asking...
of England £1 note was issued on 2 March 1797 under the direction of ThomasRaikes, Governor of the Bank of England, and according to the orders of the...
in bringing printing out of London and to the provinces. Raikes was the son of Timothy Raikes, vicar of Hessle, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and his...
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Quilter, composer, born at 4 Brunswick Square, Brunswick Town in 1877 ThomasRaikes (1777–1848), dandy, friend of Beau Brummell, the Duke of Wellington...
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